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  Art Market Productions, the Brooklyn-based partnership that organizes and runs the Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston, announced recently that the fair will return for its seventh edition in the…

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. ― Leonardo da Vinci Houston’s Writers in the Schools (WITS) have…

Austin-based art non-profit organization The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) has brought a lawsuit against three companies — Collide Agency, Inc.; Integer Group, LLC; and Mars Wrigley Confectionery U.S. LLC…

Art Historian Pete Gershon and author of the upcoming book “Collision: Contemporary Artists Working in Houston, 1972-1985” will present a talk of the same name on Monday, April 9, 9:30am,…

The Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art (CASETA), will hold its annual symposium at the Witte Museum in San Antonio on April 27-29, 2018. The mission…

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has named its 2018 fellow reports ARTnews. Austin/Elgin artist Margo Sawyer was one of 175 recipients awarded to scholars, artists, and writers. (For the…

Artadia, the national non-profit “that supports visual artists with unrestricted, merit-based awards and fosters connections to a network of opportunities” has opened its Houston-based applications for two $10,000 prizes to…

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) announced today that it will install works by Austin-based artist Bucky Miller throughout its front and back lawns as a continuation of its Art on the…

The Vignette Art Fair, a satellite fair that runs simultaneously with the Dallas Art Fair, takes place April 10-15, 2018 at the Women’s Museum in Fair Park in Dallas and…

The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum (PPHM), the largest history museum in Texas, is celebrating 85 years with a Founder’s Day celebration from 1pm to 3pm on Saturday, April 14. To honor…

Art Beef, the Dallas-based artist collective that for years has been operating Beefaus, an art space in Expo Park, has told Glasstire that the space will close its doors this…

Back in 2014, San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art (SSA) announced its new BFA program. Now that first class of candidates will receive their degrees with fanfare. On April 29, eleven…

Tomorrow, April 3 at 6:30pm, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will continue its “Conversations with the Director” series. This time, MFAH Director Gary Tinterow will be talking with…

Earlier this week, President Trump signed S. 188, a bill known as the “Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act” or the “EGO Act” into law. According to the White House’s website, the act…

The organizers of Houston’s famed Art Car Parade, the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, has announced the schedule and programming for the 31st annual Art Car Parade weekend. It happens…

April 27-29, rain or shine, South Texas’ Port Aransas will host the annual Texas SandFest. Sand sculptors will spend the weekend creating beautiful (but temporary) works of art. The event…

Earlier today, the New York-based public arts non-profit organization Creative Time announced that Justine Ludwig has been named its new Executive Director. Since 2015, Ludwig has worked at the Dallas Contemporary, serving as the…

Those who remember the “Painted Trees” installation that the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) commissioned from artist Konstantin Dimopoulos five years ago at Waugh and Memorial were surprised to see its…

The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas today announced that it’s opened the call for applications for its annual microgrant program. The program kicked off in 2015, and each year it…

It’s that time of year again—applications are open for DiverseWorks’ annual Diverse Discourse lecture and studio visit series! Ever year, the Houston organization brings in a writer, curator, or some other…